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FLOOD STRIKES ERIE
iAklM; TOLL OF LIVES
Twenty-five Persons Lost After Cloudburst
in Pennsylvania City?Millions
of Dollars Damage.
Erie, Pa., Aug. 3.?Twenty-five lives
1 X ? -3 /vf /Q/vllft w<?. r?t?ATVGT?tV
L lost CtXiU UUlilUUS ?Ji UUIlCli ? (.J
damage is the estimated toll of a
cloudburst which struck Erie shortly
after 6 o'clock tonight. A flood inundated
a large part of the city.
Dams south of the city burst, letting
out a flood of water that filled the main
business streets to a depth of five feet
in some uistncis uie water reacueu lv
tine second stories of dwellings. Light
and telephone wires were put out of
commission and it was impossible tonight
to ascertain how many lost their
. lives. Many are imprisoned in houses
and rescuers led by Mayor Stern snd
^ members of the city coum.il have been
unable to get t!:em out.
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The entire eastern part of tne city
Is cut off and what conditions prevail
in the center of this district could not
be conjectured tonight.
Am on 2- the missins: are Assistant
Fire Chief James Buernor and four
firemen. Reports to the police said
a house floated down Mill creek with
four womon and three cf'.ildTen clinging
to it. Buernon and the firemen
tried to rescue them and lost their
lives in the attempt.
Every store in State street, the main
business street, is flooded. At least 50
houses are reported wahed away.
The Jarecky manufacturing plant
has been washed away and 20 automobiles
that were in tine garages went
n "with them.
A little girl standing on the bank of
(Mill creek was carried down to her
5- - ?I xl
owauu wnexi uie uau& ca?cu iu.
Wreckage is piled 70 feet high in the
heart of tfte city. At midnight the
water had receded somewhat, but the
estimate of 25 dead was still main^
tained.
The flood started at Twenty-eighth j
street and came down Mill creek. The |
stream rose four feet in five minutes j
and then the onrush of water came so j
fast it was impossible to estimate its
speed. Houses were torn from their
foundations.
Ti e worst congestion came at Ninth
street, in the center of the city. Half
a dozen houses here were piled up in
the path of the waters. Scores of peof
pie are still inside these. houses and
under tne debris at that point Whether
they are alive is not known.
The rain that preceded the flood
started with a heavy thunder shower
at 4 o'clock. The water in Mill creek
i>egan to rise at 7 o'clock. By 8 o'clock
tfce people began to move out and by
8:30 o'clock the .full force of the flood
. struck those who tarried.
For 26 blocks the water raced. State!
I
street is a river. Life savers have
been called from the life saving stations
on Lake E{ie and firemen and
policemen under direction of Mayor
Stern are making every effort to res- (
cue the imperii e<i.
Three hundred flood sufferers are
I housed in the National Guard armory.;
! *- Little d-ildren separated from parents
and parents frantically searching for
children are huddled together. The
Erie Dry Goods company opened its
doors and began distributing clothing j
to the flood sufferers.
About 200 persons- are housed in
the city rescue mission and hospitals
and other charitable institutions have
opened their doors.
It was estimated at midnight that
2,000 persons were made homeless
hv the floods.
Telephone service "was so crippled'
that tfie "work of relieving the dis-j
tressed was seriously impeded. Boats
are being -used in the flooded district,
'but late tonight none had been able
to penetrate the center of it because
of the rush of water. At midnight it
j was believed the flood had passed its
crest.
Suffer From Ratn.
Meadville, Aug. 3.?Northwestern
| Pennsylvania suffered !heavy damage
I from rains tonight. Nearly every
If street in Meadville was flood-sw-ept
W and business houses were inundated.
P Cambridge Springs reported all streets
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IKHHICU it LIU Lrca v Jf Utxu-ixtgc: in wa-c^ v/uoiness
section. Titusville and Cohoranton
suffered hea/vily.
1 Damage in Richmond.
Richmond, Va., 'Aug. 3.?With a rainfall
of more than three inches, accomKtt
o "hftr"h wirvri T?i<ShmrkTtr? to
UJ ?-* UiSu ? ?
might suffered damage estimated at
more than $500,000. Three buildings
l _ 3n the business district collapsed and
m many small dwellings in the low
W grounds were swept away.
I It is better to be famous than rich,
I but we'd rather be botfn.
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I ejpH|STER?SJLLW
W y7*X Ladl?*l AafcyoarDnuegtetforfj\
?T(( SiSiJ Chl-ebe?-ter DlaBOBOrud/A)
P fcHfraffm Flli* in Red and Gold mculllc\1/y
-CW3 boxes, sealed with Blue Ribfaoa. yJf
4r S^Vd Take bo other. Boy of yonr ?
I'] " Vranbit AslcforCUI-CITES-TEK 8
I C Jf DIAMOND KRAXD PILLS, for S&
\V W years known as Best, Safest, Always
r SflLD BY MlWgB HBHMffllf
1915 COTTON CHOP 11,970,037 BALES
Government Estimate Shows Big De-J
terioration on Account of Bad
Weather. j
Washington, Aug. 3.?This year's j
cotton crop will be approximately 11,- j
970,037 equivalent 500-pound bales, j
compared witn 16,134,9i30 bales last ;
year. That estimate, unofficially cal- j
culated, is based on the go.ernment's
condition report, issued today, and official
figures of acreage and normal
t
yield. The condition on July 25 was
75.3 per cent.
Whether the crop will be greater or
less depends upon growing conditions
from now until picking time.
In a statement the crop reporting
board explained the unusually iheavy
decline, which was 5 points during
July, as follows:
"The extremely wet weather tfrat
continued through much of June and
early July in most of the cotton belt:
left the nlant rank and saDDV with de- |
velopment of surface roots rather tihan j
a tap root, and foul with grass and j
weeds; therefore peculiarly suscepti-j
ble to damage from the excessively dry J
weat)':er that followed and continuedj
up to July 25, the date to which the
report relates. Cool nights during a
+V10. anH drv wind's late
?JdL L VI liXC |/Viivu ui-u j
in the month increased the damage.
"The effect of the lack of the usual
quantity and quality of commercial
fertilizer in the sections wi:ere normally
used has become apparent now
that the plant has reached the fruiting
stage, being most marked in the sandy
sections.
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"TH6 Don weevil m me irxutM nucwoU
sections is not complained of as much
as usual, but in newly infected regions
it is doing considerable damage.
"A condition of 75.3 on July 25 forecasts
a crop slightly under 12,000,000
bales. Final results will probably be
more or less than tJ-is forecast, according
as crop conditions hereafter
are better or worse than average."
Georgia's first bale was marketed
July 22.
Comparisons of conditions, by States,
follow:
Ten
July June?July 25?year
States? 25. 25. 1914. 1915. av.
- - ? ^ c\t\ n i no
Virginia <? 10 ?? *1 to
N. Carolina.. .78 79 86 77 79
S. Carolina.. .72 76 79 75 78 i
Georgia 76 79 82 76 79
Florida 78 78 86 82 82
Alabama ....71 78 81 79 78
Mississippi ..76 84 79 .77 76
Louisiana ...75 83 76 79 75
Texas 76 82 71 81 79
[Arkansas 80 85 72 87 79
Tennessee ...85 87 73 90 81
Missouri 83 86 75 86 82
Oklahoma ...69 71 75 81 80
California ...96 90 100 100 *99
United States 75.3 80.3 76.4 79.6 78.5
?*Five-year average.
The next reDort will snow the condi
tion of cotton on August 25 and will
be issued at noon, Eastern time, Tuesday,
August 31.
MEETS INSTANT DEATH.
Young (Allan's Skull Crushed When He
Falls From Wagon.
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News and Courier.
Camden, Aug. 3.?Ida Goff, white, 23
[ years of age, was thrown from a wagon
j near Blaney, in West Wateree, yesterday
afternoon and instantly killed. The
young man, in company with others,
had been to a flour mill near Blaney,
tt7.Vi.oti Tvo+iimin<r o c+nrm c Tytaw
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ing. The wagon was .being driven at
alively rate and young Ooff fell under '
one wheel, w-hicfr passed over his head,
crushing his skull. He was a highly
respected young man, the son of Mr. i
and Mrs. Vincent Goff, and besides hisj
parents, he is survived by four brothers
and one sister.
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MANY LIVES LOST.
Big Cloudburst Causes Heavy Property
Damage at Erie, Pa,
Erie, Pa., Aug. 3.?Twenty-five lost
and millions of dollars' property damage
is the estimated toll of a .clou 1burst,
whict'a struck Erie shortly after;
6 o'clock tonight. A flood inundating !
a large part of the city.
Dams south of'the city burst, letting
out a flood of water that filled the
?
main business ?treets to a depth of:
five feet. In some districts the water!
reached the second story windows ofi
dwellings. Light and telephone wires'
were out of commission and it was im-1
possible tonigfct to ascertain how many j
lost their lives. Many are imprisoned j
in houses and rescuers led by Mayor j
Stern and member of the city council
have been unable to get them out.
The entire eastern part of the city
is cut off and what conditions prevail
in the center of this district could not
be conjectured tonight. <
Among the missing are Assistant
Fire Chief James Buernon and four
firemen. Reports to tfte police said a
house floated down Will Creek with
? J XI -VC1 .#>1**1 rr -
I our women aim uirtre fiinuiuu vime,ing
to it. BuernoT Bremen
tried to rescue tfcem ^nd IcM their
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THE best Pr
Tire is only 2
as its weakest
Strengthening its
narts is as useless as d
fifth Wheel on a Wagon.
Yet this is often
provide " Selling-featur
"Talking Point."
The weakest part <
Pneumatice Tire is its /V
Sides, not its Tread,?it:
Fabric or "Stocking,"
IKUDDer ^oie.
No price would be '
to pay for a material i
placing Cotton in the ^
Pneumatic Tires, would
long as the 'Goodrich
Tread could be made t
Neither Silk, nor Li
I any ether known Fabric
covered is so good, i
purpose, as Cotton?anc
long-fibred Cotton is t
material that money c
for Tire Fabric.
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WE use nothii
Goodrich T
test every f
up to 380 lbs. to the Squc
before we percolate it 1
most adhesive Rubber Co
ever made for this purpo
We then shape this
T??-> info TStp
U>CU z auiio uikv auv
scrupulous care to he
tension on each square
fabric precisely the san
tension being controlle
machine as sensitive as
and infinitely more prec
the handwork of the mos
Operative could make it.
X U UU UliO vv Ui XV vv V,
most highly-trained mei
Rubber Industry,?train(
Precision that practice
45-year EXPERIENCI
perfect
a a o
NO Tire Manu
if he receive
of $200 p<
could put better Fabric
Walls of his Tires, use
care, more sensitively
Tension devices, or mo
sive Rubber between ez
of fabric.
Because we know
importance of THE BES
part of the Tire, and use
unsparingly.
_____
GILDER &1
THE RIGHT I
lives in the attempt. ;Every store in
State street, the main business street, j
is flooded. At least fifty houses are
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reporxeu wasiiea <twa,v. xutr
manufacturing plant thas been washed
away and twenty automobiles that
were in the parages yent with then?.
A little girl standing on the bank of
LllkW
be Deacon
^vet &s* ^
;"e
facturer, 5% Plu;
da price Ncn-Sl
sr Tire,
into the 1
: greater Note following compara
adjusted and "D" represent four Wic
re adhe- i?r??p??
ich layer Si?
Tread "A"
the vital 30x3 $9.45 $10.55
T in this 30x3^ 12.20 13.35
z?iitllZ. 32x3)4 14.00 15.4C
: it uicic 34x4 20.35 22.3C
36x4# 28.70 32.15
37x5 33.90 39.8C
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)RUG STORE.
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Mill creek was carried down to her j
death, when the bank caved In.
?
The deadly submarine habit is
spreading. A Galesburg, 111., man tried
to smoke a cigarette while under water
and was promptly drowned. Ifce
cigarette was a total loet.
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s One-Hoss
Ill 111 ^ we^Kem
^ the inci
Made as always, % form of
?the same reli- ^
able Construction, w
the same depend ||
C A.ni n__
auic UC1Y1VC cvv^i
without anything |I
whatever taken || -r
out of Quality, no S|| 1matter
what re- || A
ductions in List* || them, a
Price are ever || with faj
made. || Rubber
immiiuB as't
' Sills we
ri Thills a
5 for this Best as the f
J T'
ild lire ciency a
______I the Tire
Ltive prices. "A," MB,W "C" Re
Nnn.Skid TirCJt
OTHER MAKES
f nc Wall
"B" j,'c" "P" Mile of
I $10.95 $16.35 $18.10 W
I 14.20 21.70 23.60 Tire?
i 16.30 22.85 25.30
I 23.80 31.15 33.55
i 33.60 41.85 41.40
> 41.80 49.85 52.05
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ALL WRONG.
Tfbe Mistake Is Made by Many Newberry
Citizens.
Look Ifor the cause of backache.
To be cured you must know the
cause.
If it's weak Kidneys you must
the kidneys working right
A Newberry resident tells you how.
H. F. Addy, blacksmith, 130S Caldwell
street, Newberry, says: "A hard
case of La Grippe left my kidneys in
frightful shape about three years ago.
t fVi-n r? cpvpt-a Turing across mv loins
and was laid up for two montJa-s. I
couldn't do a stroke of work. My
kidneys were weak and the kidney secretions
were scanty and caused a
cAncofiATI TT? T?0 CCO era TllQ CP. ,
UUilililg DCi-LOO. kivru xii mv |
cretions also contained sediment. I;
had dizzy spells and headaches. I
finally got hold of Doan's Kidney Pills
and began using them. The first box
helped me and after I had taken six
boxes all signs of kidney trouble had
left and I was cured."
Price 50c at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Kidney Pills?tine same tfnat
Mr Addy had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
props., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Outotoe That Does Not Affect The Read
Because of jta tonic and laxative effect, LAXATIVE
MOUOQUl^Tm i? 1**ter than wCtiat*
Quinine and does not caoae nervousness nor
ringing in bead. Remember tie full name and
took ior the *i*n*twe ?< H. W. ?RQYK. 23c.
; Shay"
f ? nrkfruif'hcifpnHincy a11
e FABRIC is the part of
which goes first.
:ause the sides of the Tire
of the work in running,
1 g and stretching a miles
an hour, in scores of
1* i
: directions.
is bending of the sides
riction between the layers
as working against each
Friction causes Heat?
t over-cures and dries out
bber Adhesive between
rtiich then separate from
ler, in spots, the threads
nff or wearing out chafing
Q W
each other.
en you have, in due time,
pient blow-out, or other
Tire-Death.
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"JUT more layers of Fabric
than we do in the
walls, to strengthen
nd the friction increases,
1 . . r jt
3ter deterioration 01 trie
through the greater heat
:red.
t fewer layers, and the
)uld not be strong enough
the load of the Car.
there you are?Mr. Tire
hy put MORE layers
ic in the Walls of the
iclil vv iij. piupcxiy wttj
1, when each additional
an additional developer
FRICTION-HEAT which
[ires what Old Age is
?
?
O d ft
flHAT is the reason
we build, in the Goodrich
Tire, a carefully
fCED Tire, emulating the
example of "The Deacon's
? CM-.,-.-.*. ** in
>o ouay (iii wmwi
re just as strong as the
ind the Thills as strong I
loor."
le Maximum Fabric effind
THEN,?the rest of
i built up to that
:SUlt,?
The most RESILIENT
it can be made with Fabs?at
the fairest price per
performance.
hv pay more for any
THE B. F. GOODRICH CO.
Akron, O.
A1R-L1STEP
imp is1 ^
It j
YOURBODY
Protests Against Calomel
-ml lU^
You have noticed the disagreeable ef
fects of calomel, that sickening nausea
that is characteristic. Tnere is no reason
for tearing up your system in such
a drastic manner.
LIY-VEB-LAX, that wonderful vegetable
compound, is just as usefui as
calomel for toning up your liver and
nuamg your system 01 sittguaims i?v/ifions,
and it does not make you feel
badly like calomel. It is pleasant to
take, with no unpleasant after effects.
Keep it in your home for health's sake.
If LIY-YER-LAX is not entirely sat
lsiaciory, your rnuxiey win ue rciumcu
without question. The original bears
the likeness of L. K. Grigsby. For sale
at 50c and $1 by Gilder & Weeks;
Whenever You Need a General Ton);
Take Grove's
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
Mak?o, fliA fltli
Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents*
Piles Cared in 6 to 14 Days
Yoct drojrgfci will refund money if PA20
OllNTHSNT fail* to cure any case of Itching,
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Pile* in 6 to 14 day*
The firat application Baae and &cat. 50c.